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Art Project - Grecian Garden Urn

This fabulous project shows how to transform an inexpensive plastic flowerpot into a gorgeous garden urn. These urns will add ambiance to your front entrance or back garden. Depending on your décor they would be lovely in your living/dining area or even in your bathroom packed with luscious towels and fragrant soaps and bath oils. Imagine arriving at a summer BBQ with this garden urn as a hostess thank you gift packed with champagne or your favourite wine and fresh fruit.

Before you start:
It is important that you clean your surface with TSP to degrease.
Note: Allow project to dry before starting each new step.

Step 1 Paint your plastic urn with Bullseye 1 2 3 by Zinsser. This primer/bonder/sealer will give the plastic flowerpot tooth and provide a good surface to paint on.
Step 2 Paint the entire project with Americana Soft White Satin paint.
Step 3 Using Dynamic Venetian plaster packed into a cake decorating bag or a tube of Dynamic Tub And Tile Sealant apply the decorative raised motif garland around the top edge, sides and bottom of the plastic urn. Allow this step to dry overnight.
Step 4 To create an antique effect, brush on Chestnut Americana water based wood stain over the entire urn and into all the nooks and crannies and wipe back using a lint free soft cloth. Dry brush the entire urn with Walnut American water based wood stain and wipe back until you achieve the look you want.
Step 5 Using a small amount of Americana forest green acrylic paint, brush around the garland to create a weathered green algae look and wipe back with a lint free soft cloth. Paint the decorative raised motif garland with Dynamic Paint Wizard brilliant Gold metallic latex paint.
Step 6 Using Dynamic’s Victoriana stencil, softly stipple the brilliant gold metallic latex paint with a Dynamic stencil brush positioning the stencil at center points above and below the center garland.
Step 7 With a small detail brush paint jagged lines using Americana black acrylic paint to make it appear as if there are cracks in the urn.
Step 8 With a very dry brush; gently antique the urn using Chestnut Americana water based wood stain. This step will “knock back” the gold, green and black paint effect.
Step 9 Using a speckle tool or old toothbrush, speckle with Walnut Americana water based wood stain.
Step 10 For interior use seal with a latex varnish and for outside use seal with an exterior oil varnish. We would recommend Old Masters Acrylic Urethane.
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Join Jim and Peter at Masterpieces Studio (Toronto) Thursday, May 25th for a step by step demonstration! Please contact events@masterpiecesstudio.com to register. Space is limited.